Ellsworth township, Hamilton County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 25 (53% naturalized citizens)
Ellsworth township: | 25.4% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Ellsworth township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7897
- Northeast: 86
- Midwest: 425
- South: 2969
- West: 493
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,919
- One, attached: 98
- Two: 157
- 3 or 4: 164
- 5 to 9: 63
- 10 to 19: 22
- 20 to 49: 58
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 815
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,800
Housing units in Ellsworth township with a mortgage: 1,474 (125 second mortgage, 57 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,162
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Warehousing and storage (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Educational services (29%)
- Health care (24%)
- Personal and laundry services (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Petroleum and coal products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (16%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Personal appearance workers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ellsworth township:
- United States or American (31.8%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- English (6.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- German (2.9%)
- Dutch (0.9%)
- Italian (0.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (55%)
- Other Eastern Africa (12%)
- Germany (6%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Egypt (6%)
- Canada (6%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,157 (87%)
- Carpooled: 425 (9%)
- Bicycle: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 74 (2%)
- Other means: 41 (1%)
- Worked at home: 68 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.1% of residents of Ellsworth township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,936- In family households: 10,553 (2,709 male householders, 797 female householders)
2,641 spouses, 3,610 children (3,101 natural, 130 adopted, 379 stepchildren), 326 grandchildren, 111 brothers or sisters, 67 parents, 142 other relatives, 150 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,383 (499 male householders (439 living alone)), 740 female householders (690 living alone)), 144 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 102 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,622 2-persons, 876 3-persons, 659 4-persons, 241 5-persons, 77 6-persons, 31 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,129 1-person, 96 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 6 5-persons,
119 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (1 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
Here: | 0.9% |
Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 35
Here: | 4.5% |
Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
Here: | 8.0% |
Iowa: | 25.4% |